Improved curtain-fixture



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS S. PUTNAM, OF DORGHESTER,V MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

i y l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,779, dated July l, 1862. l

1 To alla/hom, it may concern..- Y

L Be it known that I, SILAS S. PUTNAM, of t Dorchester, in the county of Norfolk and State i of Massachusetts, have invented an Iniproved Curtain-Fixture, of which the followi ing is a full,clear, and exact description, refi erfence being had'to the accompanying drawf ings, making part of this specitcation, in

, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the window frame, curtain, and fixture; Fig. 2, a section'through part of the roll and spool.

Various curtain-fixtures have been made in which the weight of the curtain was supported in any required position by friction produced by a spring pressing the end of the roll or its journal against oneof the brackets or supports in which the roll was hung. Where the necessary friction was thus produced, it required considerable care and nicety in hanging the fixture, as the position of Ithe brackets or the supportragainst which the end of the roll or its journal pressed determined in a measure the amount of friction produced.

The object of my present invention is to obviate this objection, and it consists in placing the friction-bearing Within the roll itself or its cap independent of an exact or nice adjustment of the brackets or supports of the roll, so that the fixture may be hung by other than skilled operatives.

That others skilled in the art may understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is the Windowframe, to the sides of which are `attached the brackets a b. v'The roll B, to which the curtain is attached, has at one end a journal or pin, which revolves freely in a round hole in the bracket a. To the other end of the roll is attached (glued or otherwise fastened) the spool C, over which the Winding cord c is wound. 'This spool is turned out at e beyond where :it is attached to the roll, forming abearing or shoulder, z. A hole or recess, m, is formed in the end of theroll in its'axis, in the bottom of which is placed a brass spiral spring,

f, which bears agairst theend of apin or shaft, D, of the form shown in Fig. 2. This shaft projects through the spool C, (which is free to turn on it,) and h'as a collar, o, which bears and the brackets c I) are only employed to support the Weight of the roll and prevent the pin D froni revolving,it is not necessary that any nice adjustnientof the brackets or supports shouldv be made, either as to their exact distance apart or their being exactly square or at right angles to the axis of the roll', and this fixture may be put up by persons purchasing them Without requiring the assistance of a skilled mechanic.

The frictionshaft D may, when preferred,

be applied to the other end of the roll Within y the cap g, the bracket a being changed to receive the square tenon r.

A recess similar to e may be made in the outer face ofthe spool C, and the-springf may be so applied to the shaft D on theother side of the spool as t`o cause a collar similar to o to bear against this side of the spool; butI prefer the arrangement first described,

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

"The above described curtain Xture, in which the friction necessary for holding the Weight of the curtain is produced betweenthe roll B or its spool or cap and the frictionshaft D, which is held from revolving, substantially as set forth.

SILAS S. PUTNAM.

IVitnesses:

THos. R. RoAcH, NORMAN W. STEARNs. 

